You Have to Get Lost Before You Can Be Found Jeff Rasley   Pikey Peak base camp is a yak herding station. Our group of three trekkers from the US and staff of seven Nepalese were camped there in anticipation … Continue reading →

A Modest Proposal to Cure what Ails the Body Politic in Facebook A house divided against itself cannot stand.” Abraham Lincoln The almost-deadly attack by a gunman at a Republican baseball practice on June 14th briefly focused national attention on … Continue reading →

Memories of a Childhood Hero; Nostalgia and the Cost of Hero Worship by Jeff Rasley             Jeff Rasley’s Hero’s Journey is available here. Chip Hilton was perfect – at least in the mind of this … Continue reading →

The Phoenix Rises at the University of Chicago by Jeff Rasley John D. Rockefeller gave the money and Marshall Field gave the land to create the University of Chicago in 1890.  Rockefeller considered the U of C “the best investment … Continue reading →

  My Second Home, Basa Village   The first time I went to Nepal it was 1995 and I was amazed and bewildered by the cultural potpourri of Katmandu. The drive from Tribhuvan International Airport to the Mustang Hotel was … Continue reading →

Pilgrimage to Wounded Knee I spent an hour hiking around the grounds of the Mount Rushmore National Memorial, but not seeing Presidents Washington, Jefferson, Roosevelt, or Lincoln.  Fog shrouded the mountain and hid the Presidents. I competed with hundreds of … Continue reading →

First of all, especially as this issue fortuitously deals with memories, we need to take some time to remember the life of our past editor and contributor, Tony LeTigre. He passed away suddenly in a car accident Saturday, January 19th.  … Continue reading →